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BECKS TOWER UNDER SIEGE
2010 climbing season kicks in!!!

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Becks Tower East Buttress

  After a long wet winter, climbing season has finally arrived and the base camp crew is psyched to make 2010 their most productive season yet. With the desire to get some grade IV freeclimbs on Becks the Crew is eager to complete there long time project "Clean Up Crew", which is only a pitch or 2 from completion estimated to go at 5.13.
  As a warm up Logan, the newest member of the Shastafarian team and I decided to give the East Buttress of Beck's a try. I asked around to try to get any possible beta but despite the obvious nature of the line no one seemed to have any useful info.
  We got a good early start, found our way to the base of the route easily. I racked up to get things started headed up a leaning block to a bolt, a button head with a leaper hanger. Above an 85 degree wall with no cracks and no obvious hooking stance to run to. So I decided to try the alternative start, an easy runout slab which would put us about 40' short of the line we were trying to access. I headed up the slab got in some manky gear about halfway up continued on and found a bashee and a #2 stopper equalized with a rotten sling. From that point on it was clear we were heading into uncharted terrain. I drilled a bolt from a stance climbed about 10' and hammered in another bolt off of a single hook. Logan then stepped up drilled 2 more bolts, also drilling one from a stance and another off a single hook. We finished up a long day at about 115', with 5 bolts in and about 10' shy of some natural gear.
  Stay tuned for updates and more pics.

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THE OTHER LOVERS RIPE AND READY

Lovers Leap Limestone
  The other Lover's Leap has not been neglected and it is developing into a premiere destination for sport climbing in the State of Jefferson. With over 30 routes now established the Leap is truly becoming a destination not to be missed. A mini guide is now in the works and should be available in June.
Die Hard Plasma
Ian on the new Classic 10a 'Die Hard'     Steve on the ULTRA CLASSIC 'Plasma' 11d


BACKCOUNTRY CONDITIONS
BEST IN A DECADE
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Backcountry Pow
Horse Camp
Trinity Chutes
lunch at Lake Helen
Ca


MUSTACHE MARCH PARTY, WHOA!!!

The 3rd Annual Mustache Party was ( _______) Thanks to all who Participated.

Dave

shae

Styles

 


SHASTA HIT WITH HUGE WINTER STORM!

Shasta Snow

   Mount Shasta has been hit with a much needed winter storm burying the city in 4+ feet of snow and a ton more on the surrounding mountains. Lot's of folks have been coming in and gearing up for great winter sports action. Base Camper's, not to be stopped by inaccessibility of backcountry pow and the closure of the Shasta Ski Park, are reporting great conditions on Wizard Peak(Black Butte), the Nordic Center and some local boarders are Jibbing on urban hot-spots including the Base Camp driveway.


Frank Jib'n at Basecamp           Cory Jib'n             Dave on the Snow Skate

Black Butte
Locals gearing up to ascend and descend Wizard Peak(aka Black Butte)



















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